Chapter 43: I Can Go Back in Time and Change the Future

The staff around Fang Xiu immediately reacted, pulling out their guns and pointing them at him, as if they would shoot the moment he made the slightest move.

The spirit masters sitting around the conference table also stared intently at him, their eyes betraying curiosity or wariness.

A faint, almost imperceptible spiritual pressure settled upon him.

"Fang Xiu! Do you know what crime it is to attack staff members of the Investigation Bureau? What exactly are you trying to do? Or rather, who exactly are you?" Wang Dehai said, his face darkening.

Facing Wang Dehai's interrogation and the spiritual pressure from the Spirit Masters, Fang Xiu paid no attention and instead calmly turned his gaze toward Yang Ming, who was smoking in the corner.

Suddenly, he spoke calmly, "Do you want Bai Qi to be revived?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Yang Ming's smoking motion froze. His previously lifeless eyes suddenly became terrifying, like a mountain tiger, fixating on Fang Xiu.

He slowly stood up, his face darkening. An intangible aura began to build around him, like the calm before a storm, oppressive and heavy.

Click.

He tossed the cigarette on the ground and stomped on it with his foot.

After doing all this, he walked toward Fang Xiu with steady steps and came to a stop.

Looking at Fang Xiu, who remained calm, he spoke slowly, "No matter who you are or where you come from, do not joke about the dead. Otherwise... someone will die."

An immense pressure, as vast as a tidal wave, descended upon Fang Xiu. This pressure, emanating solely from Yang Ming, far surpassed that of all the other spirit masters present.

The other spirit masters couldn't help but pale slightly at this moment.

Is this the power of a third-tier spirit master?

However, faced with this immense pressure, Fang Xiu remained unfazed. He had endured the bizarre trials of the heavens, and this pressure was nothing to him.

He calmly met Yang Ming's gaze and said softly, "All you need to do is answer yes or no."

His calm words carried an undeniable authority.

Seeing this, everyone present couldn't help but be surprised.

Facing a third-tier Spirit Master and speaking with such confidence, who exactly was this man named Fang Xiu?

Yang Ming stared intently at Fang Xiu's calm eyes, as if trying to discern something from them, but all he could see was an abyss of tranquility.

"Fang Xiu, what nonsense are you spouting? Arrest him immediately!" " Wang Dehai had completely lost faith in Fang Xiu by now, suspecting that he was part of some mysterious organization plotting an unspeakable conspiracy.

Just as the staff around them were about to act, Yang Ming raised his hand to stop them.

"Can you really bring Xiaobai back to life?"

After asking this question, Yang Ming felt like he was going mad. The dead cannot be revived—it's an ironclad rule.

Even if this man's ability was to bring the dead back to life, Bai Qi's body had been devoured by the mysterious entity—how could he possibly be revived?

He didn't know why he had asked such a foolish question, but as he stared into Fang Xiu's calm eyes, he felt a vague intuition that what Fang Xiu was saying might be true.

Fang Xiu's lips curled into a faint smile.

"I cannot bring the dead back to life, but... I can go back in time and reverse the future."

These words caused a stir among the crowd, who felt it was nothing short of a fairy tale.

Going back in time to reverse the future was even more absurd than bringing the dead back to life.

No one present believed Fang Xiu's words, but Yang Ming still stubbornly asked, "What do I need to do?"

Fang Xiu didn't answer but countered, "Where were you when Bai Qi died?"

Yang Ming thought for a moment, "At the time, I had traced the clues of the Headless Demon to the mountainous area near Qingbei Town, but due to a discrepancy in the clues, I didn't enter Qingbei Town."

As he spoke, he unconsciously clenched his fists, his face filled with self-reproach.

"If I had discovered it earlier and entered Qingbei Town sooner, perhaps he wouldn't have died."

"Alright, that's enough. Now give me your phone number."

"Phone number?" Yang Ming was taken aback, completely unable to follow Fang Xiu's leap in logic. They were talking about bringing the dead back to life, so why was he suddenly asking for a phone number?

"That's right. All you need to do now is give me your phone number and then tell me a secret."

"What secret?" Yang Ming grew increasingly confused.

"A secret that will make you trust me." Fang Xiu spoke calmly: "I will return to the past and call you before Bai Qi's accident, instructing you to save him. Therefore, I need a secret that will make you trust me."

Hearing this, Yang Ming unconsciously widened his eyes. He found it utterly unbelievable, as if Fang Xiu were recounting a story from the Liaozhai Zhiyi.

Go back in time and call me?

Is there really such a bizarre ability in the world? Even if there is, it would probably require a fifth-tier spirit master to perform it, right? How is that possible?

No matter how much Yang Ming wanted Bai Qi to come back to life, he found it hard to convince himself to believe Fang Xiu's words.

It wasn't just him; the other spirit masters present felt the same way. They didn't believe it at all. As fellow spirit masters, how could you be so exceptional?

Reversing the future to return to the past?

Are you even a Spirit Master? You must be a Divine Spirit Master!

But there was one person whose heart was stirred by a tidal wave of emotion.

That person was Shen Lingxue.

It was because she suddenly recalled what Fang Xiu had said during the mental pollution test.

"I have traversed between the future and the past countless times, witnessed death and rebirth, and experienced infinite possibilities. To me, the future is nothing more than a doll that can be observed and altered at will."

She suddenly understood why Fang Xiu hadn't directly answered whether he could predict the future, but had instead said those words. It was highly likely that he wasn't just showing off, but was using another way to describe his ability—to return to the past and reverse the future!

Looking at Yang Ming's skeptical expression, Fang Xiu smiled slightly: "Trying it won't cost you anything."

Yang Ming was immediately persuaded. Indeed, what could he lose by trying?

He didn't think Fang Xiu could harm him with just a phone number and an insignificant secret.

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "138******* *"

He only recited it once, and Fang Xiu only heard it once, but it was firmly etched in his mind.

After a moment of thought, Yang Ming finally said slowly, "Then I'll share a secret that only I know. This secret is about Xiaobai. I never intended to reveal it in my lifetime, fearing Xiaobai would fight me to the death if he found out. But since he's gone now, it doesn't matter if I tell it."

"The secret is... actually, before the captain selection competition, it wasn't Xiao Bai who had eaten something bad and ended up having diarrhea during the competition. It was me who had given him laxatives beforehand. However, since my ability is luck, no one ever suspected me."

Silence!

An eerie silence!

Everyone present stared at Yang Ming in disbelief, as if they were seeing him for the first time.

They never imagined that Yang, the captain with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would secretly do such an evil thing. This... this is too shocking.